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J. PUSEY, I Apparatus for Delivering Railroad-Ties from Oars No.225,236. Patented Mar. 9, I880.

Afiesis 4. PETERS, Moro LITHDGRAP JOSHUA PUS EY, OF PHILADELPHIA,PENNSYLVANIA, ASSIGNOR TO CHARLES ROBB WILSON, OF SAME PLACE.

APPARATUS FOR DELIVERING RAl LROAD-Tl ES FROM CARS.

SPECIFICATION formingpart of Letters Patent No. 225,236, dated March 9,1880.

Application filed November 15, 1879.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, J QSHUA PUSEY, of the city and county ofPhiladelphia, in the State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Apparatus for Delivering Railroad-Ties from Cars, ofwhich the following is a specification.

My invention is intended to be used in the construction of railroads,and is for the easy and rapid conveyance of railway-ties from the trainof cars to points at or near where they are to be laid in advance of theconstruction-train. Such apparatus is particularly useful in thosesections of country wherein the ties have to be brought a considerabledistance from the rear, and where horses and teams cannot well be had orbe worked to advantage. A device for this object has been heretofore andis, I believe, now in use. It, however, relies chiefly upon gravity fortransporting the ties from the cars, the former being deposited off thelatter into a simple trough or chute, with transverse rollers attachedto the sides of the cars in sections, and inclined from the rear end ofthe hindmost car down and extending beyond the front end of the foremostcar, the free projecting end or section'being guyed up from the car.

It is obvious that, owing to the required inclination or pitch of thechute, there is in this apparatus a contracted limit to the distancefrom the rear car to the forward end of the chute, to which the ties canbeconveniently transported.

The object of my invention is to provide a simple contrivance which maybe extended to any desired distance along the sides and ahead of atrain, and whereby ties may be continuously and rapidly carried forwardmechanically without regard to the grade of the roadbed.

Figure 1, Sheet 1, of the accompanying drawings is a perspective view,showing my invention as applied to and operated with aconstruction-train. Fig. 2, Sheet 2, is a longitudinalvertical section(enlarged) through the middle of one of the ways or troughs A, Fig. 1,attached to car 0. Fig.3, Sheet 2, is a like sectional view of one ofthe ways A, Fig. 1, which rest upon the ground. Fig. 4, Sheet 1,

is an enlarged view of two adjacent wheels,

P, and endless chain H, seen in Fig. 1. Fig. 5, Sheet 1, shows a pieceof the endless chainbelt or apron D, Figs. 1, 2, and 3, which I purposeusing instead of the ordinary close belt or apron. 5

A A are trough-like ways about as long as a car, and made as strong andlight as possible. Some of these, A, may be so attached to the sides ofcars 0 as to be readily removable, while others, A, may rest upon theground upon feet or bases K, or all may thus stand upon the ground, thetops of the sections being adjusted so as to be about even with theplatforms of the cars, in order to avoid the necessity of lifting theties to any height in depositing them in the troughs A, as hereinafterdescribed.

At each end of said sections or frames are drums B, around which passesan endless apron, D; or a double chain-belt with crossrods, (similar tothat represented by Fig. 5,) in connection with a sprocket-wheel, ispreferable, on account of durability. D passes over rollers 7', Figs. 2and 3, placed at suitable intervals across the frames A A, although therollers may be dispensed with if the sections be short.

The journals of drums B, or one of each section, are provided withcranks E 5 or intermediate gearing may be employed.

As many of these complete sections or roller-frames as it may be desiredto make use of are fitted end to end, as seen in Fig. 1, so aspractically to secure a continuous channel in about the same horizontalplane from the rear 85 end of the hindmost car to the extreme end of theforemost section. A connection is made between the adjoining sections bymeans of an endless belt or chain, H, passing around pulleys orsprocket-wheels P, fixed to the jour- 9o nals of drums B.

By this device it is plain that when any one of the latter isturned allthe others must revolve in the same direction, and thus the effect isthe same as if a single endless apron the 9 5 length of the combinedsections were put in motion.

If hand-power be used, it may be applied to any one or more of thesections A or A where most convenient. The entire series of aprons I00end to end.

may, however, be propelled by a small portable engine on the train. Theadjacent pulleys P of two sections may be geared with an idle wheelbetween, the effect being the same as if the simple belt or chain andpulleys be used, the latter, however, being preferred.

Fig. 1 represents my invention as it appears in actual use on a straightand level road-bed. Ties T upon cars 0 are deposited in the troughs A(which are made somewhat wider than the width of a tie) upon the movingapron D, and are carried forward to be taken off beyond the train, asdesired, and laid in place across the road-bed. The rails are then laidand spiked down. The sections A, standing upon the ground, are movedahead a sufficient distance to permit the train to move forward on therails just laid. The sections are readjusted The endless aprons areagain put in motion, and the described operation is re peated until thesupply of ties and rails is exhausted.

This apparatus maybe used to convey rails as well as cross-ties. Whenthe road is on a curve those sections upon the ground must necessarilybe placed at an angle to each other, in which case thebelts or chains Hwillhave to be thrown off and each section worked independently; or thismay be obviated by using devices well known to mechanics and engineersfor altering the angle or direction of motion.

Having thus described my invention, I claim 1. The combination, with arailway car or cars, of troughs or frames A, provided with endlessaprons, substantially as and for the purposes described.

2. One or more troughs or frames with endless aprons D, provided withfeet or bases K, and extending beyond the forward car, in combinationwith like frames A and aprons attached to car 0, whereby ties T may beconveyed ahead of the train, substantially as shown and described.

JOSHUA P USEY.

Witnesses:

WM. H. OARsoN, SYLVESTER A. ScHMI'rT.

